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Divided Commission Voids $30 Elm Street Parking Ticket for Norwalk Woman Who Was Unaware of Paid Parking Change

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A Norwalk woman who said she was unaware that parking on Elm Street had changed from free to paid had her ticket voided by the New Canaan Parking Commission on a divided vote. Vienna Bandur received a $30 ticket at 10:05 a.m. on June 16 on Elm Street, issued in the Elm/South Street zone. In a written appeal submitted to the Parking Bureau, Bandur said she’d come to town to meet a friend for coffee and was parked for approximately 30 to 40 minutes. “I do not live in New Canaan and was unaware that the parking on Elm Street had recently transitioned from free parking to metered parking,” Bandur said in her appeal. “There were no physical meters at the space where I parked or markings on the parking spot itself, and there was no signage indicating payment was required immediately in front of or near the spot, although, in hindsight, I did see that there were signs farther down the street, which I unfortunately overlooked.”

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Town Voids $35 Parking Ticket Issued to Local Woman

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Town officials last week voided a $35 ticket issued to a local woman who’d pulled into one of the permitted spots in the Park Street Lot thinking it was free. During a May 6 appeal hearing before the Parking Commission, Lilly Kong said that she understood the entire Park Street Lot to be free. 

“It’s a very consistent message saying ‘park in the Park Street Lot, it’s three hours free’ and I have that imprinted in my mind, so the day I parked there I just saw the sign,” Kong told the Commission during the hearing, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. However, the row of spaces along the northern edge of the lot are for permit-holders only — a fact that had been spelled out on signs in the lot, but not specified on a prior version of the town’s “parking map” posted online. Kong said that after she got the ticket, she went to parking officials and noted that the map didn’t account for the permitted spaces in the Park Street Lot. 

That town parking map has since been updated. Commission Chair Nancy Bemis, Secretary Kevin Karl and members Katie O’Neill and Marley Thackray voted 4-0 to void the ticket.

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Town Upholds $30 Ticket Issued to Former Resident Who Didn’t Know There Was Paid Parking on Elm

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Town officials during a recent meeting voted to uphold a $30 ticket that had been issued to a former New Canaan resident who didn’t pay for parking on Elm Street. Robert Hegeman, now of Norwalk, told members of the Parking Commission during their Feb. 4 meeting that he returned to New Canaan for lunch without realizing he now had to pay. “I parked on the south side of the street and exited toward the rear of the car, and crossed to the north side of the street where Solé is, and just didn’t see the signage,” Hegeman told the appointed body. “So I came back and saw the ticket, downloaded the app and will be paying going forward.

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Town Upholds $30 Ticket Issued for Overstaying on Elm

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Town officials last week upheld a $30 ticket issued to a woman who hadn’t paid for parking on Elm Street. Caroline Burke told members of the Parking Commission during an appeal hearing that she tried to download the Pay-By-Phone app on the afternoon of Jan. 8 but it wouldn’t allow her to upload her credit card information to create an account. “I had trouble just downloading the app,” Burke told the Commission during her Feb. 4 hearing, held at Town Hall and via videoconference.

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Town Upholds $30 Ticket Issued to Local Man

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Town officials on Wednesday upheld a $30 ticket issued to a longtime resident who failed to pay for parking on Elm Street. Ken Oxman told members of the Parking Commission during an appeal hearing that he and his wife had no idea that the town switched to paid parking on Elm (and part of South Avenue). “We knew nothing about the parking meters,” Oxman told the Commission during his hearing, held at Town Hall and via videoconference. Oxman said he and his wife visit downtown New Canaan only rarely and that none of the people they knew ever mentioned the switchover. “I wasn’t taking a chance,” he said, adding: “I had no idea, even when I parked I had no idea.